Lan Li was wondering what this thief was carrying a few water dragons to the battlefield?

But I saw that the Qing soldiers who rushed to the carriage were brandishing swords and spears and preparing to chop, and suddenly, the water dragon copper pipe operated by the Cantonese thieves spewed out a stream of sewage with a pungent smell, and the Qing soldiers who wanted to get close to the carriage were stained with some sewage. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

The smelly sewage in the water dragon is scattered and sprayed everywhere, not only the Qing soldiers and war horses who rushed forward, but also a large area of Qing soldiers more than 10 steps behind.

Only then did Lan Li understand that these water dragons were not aimed at the Qing soldiers, but at all the areas more than ten steps in front of the carriage, and they were all contaminated. He immediately realized that there must be some conspiracy among the Cantonese thieves, it must be that the sewage is poisonous, and he was about to shout to remind the Qing soldiers to take precautions.

Suddenly, several rockets were fired, and several Qing soldiers were in the middle, only to hear a bang, and the Qing soldiers were on fire all at once, screaming and shouting, falling off the war horse and rolling on the ground, and the people next to each other were also on fire, and then, a wave of fire suddenly burst out, and it spread rapidly at a speed that was difficult to follow with the naked eye, and hundreds of Qing soldiers in front of the carriage all fell into flames.

As soon as the clay pot entered the crowd, it exploded violently, and a more violent flame rose into the air, and several Qing soldiers were blown to pieces, and their bones were incomplete.

Lan Li is creepy! Cantonese thieves are too vicious! Directly burned with fire, a sea of fire, burning at the touch of a button, isolating the carriage from the Qing soldiers with a sea of fire. Is it kerosene? Not like that. The fire oil is viscous and cannot be sprayed so far through the water dragon, and the fire oil is not so easy to catch fire, let alone the fire oil, even if it is vegetable oil, it will not catch fire so easily. This must be a brand-new vicious thing engaged in by Cantonese thieves.

The fire-burning soldiers who screamed and rolled around were gone, and only dozens of burning horses were still scurrying and kicking to the ground, rolling and neighing. The cavalry, who had not had time to stop, rushed into the burning area and collided with the horses and corpses, and also began to catch fire.

The charging Qing soldiers reined in their horses one after another, not daring to rush again. The left and right wings even turned to the sides, avoiding the carriage part. Yes, they are afraid. Don't talk about the Qing soldiers, even the chief soldiers are happy and good, and they are also afraid!

It's so cruel! Le Shan listened to the fire that was still burning the Qing soldiers and war horses in front of him, and the air was filled with a smell of burnt meat, which kept penetrating into Lan Li's nostrils, thinking that this was all the fragrance of the corpses of the Qing soldiers who were still alive just now, his abdomen felt a spasm, and he was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit. His mouth was dry, and his legs on his horse were weak, and he coaxed. It's not that I'm afraid of death, but I really don't want to be burned and roasted so painfully and miserably.

At this time, there was a killing cry from the side, Lan Li turned his head to look, and saw that a team of more than 1,000 thieves next to him had already rushed over, and there were only 200 steps left, and they would soon be caught between the thieves and this group of thieves.

So, Leshan, the chief soldier of Hebei Town, led more than 600 horsemen on the right wing, and before he was caught by the thieves, he turned his horse's head and fled.

And the main general Bao Heng's face was bloodless, he thought that he would be able to lead his subordinates to slash and harvest the head immediately, but he didn't expect that the thieves would make a water dragon spitting fire oil and set it on fire. Nearly 200 cavalrymen of his Chinese army were burned to death, and the path of the cavalry was completely sealed with fire.

And just when he was a little hesitant, thinking about whether to continue to kill or retreat, the cavalry on the right flank actually ran away in advance under the leadership of Le Shan.

"Bastard!" Bao Heng cursed, losing a small half of his troops, and he didn't even touch the shadow of the thief. Just as he led his men to stop the horses, a dense burst of gunfire rang out again, and it turned out to be the thieves on the other side of the fire, who actually loaded their guns and began to shoot.

Fortunately, there was a fire block, and only a few dozen cavalrymen were wounded. Bao Heng saw that the two thief reinforcements on the left and right had rushed closer, and suddenly lamented in his heart: There is no chance!

The decisive Baoheng immediately ordered the whole army to withdraw. At that moment, Bao Heng led the Chinese army to turn the horse's head first, and Lan Li led the left wing to follow closely, walking back a few miles in the direction of the military grain city, throwing off the two entangled thieves, and then changing the direction and fleeing in the direction of Tianjin City.

Zhang Ying looked at the flames that slowly began to extinguish, the corpses of the war horses that fell to the ground, and the charred corpses of Qing soldiers that were charred to the point of not being human, and couldn't help but sigh: The set of gasoline refined from the No. 1 Oil Refinery of the Holy Kingdom developed by the Ministry of Public Works and the General Staff is really too ruthless! Sure enough, it's a sharp weapon against cavalry attacks! If it weren't for this, even if their regiment was equipped with thousands of muskets, Zhang Ying would not dare to face the charge of thousands of cavalry alone with the strength of a regiment.

Zhang Ying couldn't help but feel pity for those demons.

However, in the face of the fleeing Qing soldiers, he could only watch, but there was nothing he could do.

The Qing demons are all cavalry, and they are just some carriages used to walk on the road, and they are completely unable to chase the Qing soldiers. However, a regiment of 1,300 troops, holding the position and defeating 4,000 cavalry, is enough to be proud.

The statistics came out quickly, killing 1,200 Qing soldiers and capturing 200 wounded Qing soldiers, but they all fell from their horses, almost all of them were seriously injured and difficult to heal, screaming and screaming, Zhang Ying saw that they were uncomfortable, and after consulting with the chief of staff, he ordered all the seriously injured prisoners to be killed, so that they would suffer less. There were only more than a dozen lightly injured Qing soldiers, and the medical guards bandaged them and put them into custody.

The soldiers themselves also lost more than 40 people, and injured more than 100 people, most of them were caused by the short guns of the Qing army when they were approaching, as well as a small number of injuries caused by bow and arrow shooting, and a few were caused by the burning war horses breaking through the carriage fence and being injured and trampled.

Zhang Ying also had to rejoice, fortunately, although these Qing demons were cavalry, they were actually horsemen, and they were not proficient in horsemanship, especially they did not have the ability to ride and shoot on horses, otherwise, according to the protection of the captive army, they were afraid that they would lose many brothers. He instructed a regimental staff officer beside him to record it: The protection of the soldiers of the captive army is too thin, and if they encounter the Mongolian and Eight Banners of the Qing Demon, they need to pay more attention.

After joining up with the other two infantry regiments, Zhang Ying led his soldiers to get into a carriage and march along the official road on the bank of the river in the direction of Tianjin.

Under the leadership of 18 warships, the naval division of the captive army formed a huge fleet of nearly 100 warships, traced the Zhigu River, crossed the wharf of the military grain city, and rushed to Tianjin City.

On both sides of the riverbank, several land divisions marched rapidly to Tianjin on the official road, and three or four hundred heavy transport ships such as grain and artillery followed closely behind the warships, and marched northwest in the mighty land.

Of course, according to the battle plan, the remaining five slightly larger warships of more than 1,000 tons led the remaining 100 warships to cruise and patrol the waters of Zhigukou and Tanggu and Beitang. Due to the occupation of the Dagukou Fort, the two battalions of the Qing soldiers stationed in Tanggu and Beitang, totaling more than 600 people, all fled.

The 5th Division easily occupied these two forts and coastal defense sites.

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At this time, Gui Liang, the governor of Zhili, led more than 2,000 people to ride more than 3,000 people from Baoding Mansion, and hurriedly rushed from Baoding Mansion to Tianjin City, and Tianjin Governor Qian Xinhe invited him into the backyard of Tianjin Mansion for hospitality.

In the midst of the staggering, a messenger in the front yard of the government office was overheard shouting: "Urgent military situation! Dagukou is lost, and the Cantonese thieves are attacking! ”

When Gui Liang, the governor of Zhili, heard this, his face changed drastically, his hand flipped, and the wine glass slipped to the ground, shattering with a bang.

Qian Xinhe hurriedly invited the messenger in, Gui Liang interrogated, and the messenger said: "Lord Huitai, the Guangdong thieves and thieves suddenly appeared from the open sea yesterday and attacked the Dagukou Fort. Its naval division has more than 20 or 30 Western warships, and there are even hundreds of warships, followed by nearly 1,000 troop carriers and baggage ships, and it is estimated that there are as many as 60,000 or 70,000 or even 100,000 thieves and soldiers! ”

The messenger breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "More than 1,000 soldiers such as Da Nian, the deputy general of the Dagu Association in Tianjin Town, and the guerrilla Dekui, were killed in battle, and the rest were captured or fled. The Dagukou Fort was captured last night. Early this morning, the Cantonese thieves occupied the military grain city again, and rushed to the Dagukou Fort to support the Zhili Admiral Baoheng, Hebei Town General Soldier Leshan, Tianjin Town General Soldier Lan Li, Daming Town General Soldier Shi Rongchun and other 4,000 horsemen encountered halfway, a fierce battle occurred, and our army was defeated! The first part of the Daimyo Town was almost wiped out, and the chief soldier Shi Rongchun was also killed in battle. ”

Admiral Baoheng led his troops to flee, originally fleeing to Tianjin, but later turned around halfway, and several departments fled. The villain was ordered by Lord Lan, the chief soldier of Tianjin Town, to come to Tianjin in advance to report that tens of thousands of thieves and horses had already forced to Tianjin Fucheng. General Lan led the remaining 500 cavalry of Tianjin Town, and then arrived at Tianjin City. ”